November 20, 2008 | Bangkok
Issue #262: 30 Single & Fab

Pad Thai Loong Pha

Address

  • Pratu Phi, Maha Chai Rd.
  • Pratu Phi, ถนนมหาไชย

Contact

  • Phone: 02-621-0082

Opening hours

  • Daily 10pm-midnight

Description

Pad Thai Loong Pha makes only one thing—pad thai—and it’s been doing this to perfection for more than 40 years. Named after the owner, Uncle Prapha, the pad thai shop prepares its al dente chan noodles the traditional way, and cooks with charcoal instead of gas. Try the egg-wrapped pad thai sen chan mun goong (chan noodles with shrimp and shrimp fat, B60).

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Compared to the adjacent pad thai store, Pad Thai Loong Pha is smaller but the al dente chan noodles, cooked on a charcoal-stove, are pure old-fashioned goodness. B30-60.

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